In this article, I reveal some truths and myths about how leaders motivate and demotivate. My thesis on motivation is that leaders really cannot motivate individuals. When leaders use the word “motivate” as a verb, as in “We need to motivate the team,” it is incorrect usage.

2021年12月20日 · Through their actions and decisions, leaders highly impact your overall job experience. For the most part, they are responsible for your motivation, responsibilities, career prospects, work-life balance, engagement and alignment. Wondering how leadership can demotivate teams?

2022年3月13日 · Unfortunately, too many bosses don’t understand the basic psychology of motivation, and they engage in de-motivating tactics. Here are the top five. 1. All Stick and No Carrot. Positive...

2025年2月4日 · “You should have known better”—to motivate or demotivate your team. Subscribe To Newsletters. ... Mindful leaders instill self-belief and motivation by boosting the employee’s competence.

2018年7月16日 · Three of the most offensive forms of “motivating” — drive-by praise, making stuff up, and guilt gratitude — can actually make employees feel less appreciated and erode their trust in a leader....

2017年8月9日 · Emm, well, you can’t, but you can inspire them to self-motivate. How? 1. Connect with their core values. By identifying what’s important to them and what their core values are, your people will...

These demotivators should be eliminated first before you worry about how to motivate your team. Here are a few of the top demotivators to avoid as a front line leader. 1. Giving everyone the same jobs all the time. After all, if they specialize in one task over the others they can get faster.

2014年12月3日 · Recent studies have discovered that the thoughtless negative things leaders say and do are five times more demotivating to those they lead than anything leaders consciously do to make a positive impact. Take a moment to think about that. Does it make you think a little differently about your off-hand comments? It should.

2018年3月5日 · Motivating can be tricky -- it takes the right combination of managerial insight into what an employee wants combined with an organization's ability to provide it. An employee might want more...

2016年12月6日 · Before managers can start creating motivated, engaged employees, there are some critical things that they need to stop doing. What follows are some of the worst behaviors that managers need to...